ANATOMICAL TECHNOLOGY. 



INTRODUCTORY. 



123. This work treats mainly of the Gross Anatomy of certain 

 portions of the Domestic Cat, and of the Methods of their Examina- 

 tion and Preservation. 



Reasons for Selection and Preference. There shall be given 

 here a condensed statement of the reasons for selecting the Cat, for 

 giving almost exclusive attention to the Cephalic region of the body, 

 and for devoting to the Brain and other Viscera a relatively large 

 amount of space. 



124. For Selecting the Cat. Three things are to be learned by 

 the student of Anatomy and Physiology, whether Human, Veteri- 

 nary or Comparative : methods of manipulation ; fundamental facts 

 of structure and function ; and terms of expression. 



Most of the methods might be learned upon any mammal, but 

 convenience and economy are consulted by the use of one which is 

 at the same time widely distributed, common, easily kept in con- 

 finement, and of moderate size so as to be readily manipulated and 

 cheaply preserved. 



Methods cannot be practised without some knowledge of the 

 nature, location, and uses of the parts concerned ; and the record or 

 communication of results involves the use of terms ; hence there is 

 effected a substantial saving of time, mental effort and expense by 

 employing, in the acquisition of methods, a form anatomically and 

 physiologically comparable with those which the student is pre- 

 paring himself to investigate. 



The adult human subject is inconveniently large, not always easy to obtain, and often 

 expensive when all things are considered. The immature individuals (still-births) which 



